Q: Is 47,376,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 47,376,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 47,376,742 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 47376742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 31 62 173 217 346 434 631 1,211 1,262 2,422 4,417 5,363 8,834 10,726 19,561 37,541 39,122 75,082 109,163 136,927 218,326 273,854 764,141 1,528,282 3,384,053 6,768,106 23,688,371 and 47,376,742, with no remainder.

Since 47,376,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,376,742, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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